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Over his nearly 50-year career, Sam Elliott has long been one of the most distinctive presences in American television and movies. A onetime Fox contract player and inimitable character actor, Elliott has enlivened dozens of pictures with his sly sense of humor, horseshoe mustache, silky baritone, and preternatural charisma. On the occasion of the release of his new film The Hero, which offers the actor a touching, long-overdue leading role, we revisit a handful of our favorite Elliott parts, and welcome him to the Quad to discuss his storied life onscreen.